Legal Opinion
Crawl Space Door System, Inc. v. White & Williams, LLP
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 22, 2023No. 2:22-cv-04698Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CRAWL SPACE DOOR SYSTEM, INC. : : v. : CIVIL ACTION No. 22-4698 : WHITE & WILLIAMS, LLP : McHUGH, J. June 22, 2023 MEMORANDUM The question presented by this case is whether a legal malpractice claim must be asserted as a compulsory counterclaim to a contract action seeking payment of legal fees brought by the lawyers accused of malpractice. Courts have consistently held that clients must assert malpractice claims as part of any action seeking payment of fees, and judicial economy strongly favors such an approach. The…
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